behoove

Questions about behoove

What does behoove mean?

behoove means "be appropriate or necessary".

How many syllables are in behoove?

behoove has 2 syllables: be-hoove. The stress falls on "hoove". In IPA it is /bɪˈhuv/.

What is another word for behoove?

Close synonyms include behove. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is behoove a common word?

behoove is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.